1 layous for application with modules

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Hi all,

New to list. Just read, Agile Web D. with Rails – good book.
Ok, on to my question.

I’d like to use a single layout for my entire application, but I also
want to use modules. This may be a mistake, but I’m also just kind of
curious how to link properly in this case. So, for instance, I’ve code
like this my layout:

<%= link_to ‘List’, :controller => ‘report’, :action => ‘list’ -%>

<%= link_to ‘Applications’, :controller => ‘admin/application’, :action
=> ‘list’ -%>

When I go to the admin module, here’s what is rendered:

 <a href="/admin/report/list">List</a>

 <a href="/admin/admin/application/list">Applications</a>

So, anyway to make link_to “module aware?” Perhaps I’m just doing
something wrong.

Thanks,

Dave

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Try

<%= link_to ‘Applications’, :controller => ‘/admin/application’, :action
=> ‘list’ -%>

and see if that does it for you.
I’m doing exactly that in my app and it seems to work. You might also
want
to look at named routes instead.

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David Durham wrote:

<%= link_to ‘List’, :controller => ‘report’, :action => ‘list’ -%>
Applications

So, anyway to make link_to “module aware?” Perhaps I’m just doing
something wrong.

I just struggled with this earlier today and found there is a nice
solution, in the link_to :options, you need to specify :only_path =>
true

I’ve found that searching through the API docs takes a bit of work, but
the results are worth it, because there is no better answer than the
actual source code docs :slight_smile:

http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Base.html#M000174

Regards,
John